Aw. I like these kinds of videos of unlikely animal species being friends.

“You tell yourself to just enjoy the process,” he added. “That whether you succeed or fail, win or lose, it will be fine. You pretend to be Zen. You adopt detachment, and ironic humor, while secretly praying for a miracle.”

Sad, because dogs don't live very long, whereas elephants do…But the friendship part is great. I remember something similarly disparate pairing with a giant tortoise. I can't recall what the species of the other animal was though.

Nonnonononon, I remember now! The giant Tortoise was BFF with a pygmy hippopotamus! The hippo treated the tortoise as its mum and the tortoise looked after the fat little thing. They were much happier together than apart.

Eh, “pet” is an artefact of some human cultures, while for some people the animals they keep are for their produce only or else they're pure work creatures- for hunting, pulling a cart etc.

For the elly the dog is probably more like a child elephant or sibling. That'd be about right, since that's the root of the human pet dynamic usually…——————

I have heard about how animals from different species can easily bond given the right conditions, and it can be quite beneficial for both in most cases.Dogs are pretty adaptable; dogs and pigs, ducks, horses, cats, tigers, whatever.